What to see this week? Here are our reviews of the latest films released in theaters or on a platform.
Hotel Silence : The hotel man
“By bringing to the screen Hotel Silenceaccording to Goldby Audur Ava Ólafsdóttir, Léa Pool sets the bar very high for filmmakers who want to adapt the works of the Icelandic novelist,” writes our journalist Manon Dumais.
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Iris and men : Heaven, my lovers!
“Driven by Laure Calamy’s contagious enthusiasm and some amusing staging ideas, Iris and men, Caroline Vignal’s third feature film, deals with female desire and adultery with disconcerting lightness. Furthermore, seeing the lovers they submit to their heroine, we have to believe that the director and co-writer Noémie De Lapparent do not consider adultery as a solution for couples tired of routine,” mentions our journalist Manon Dumais.
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Club Zero : A satire that leaves you wanting more
“ Club Zero, presented in competition at the most recent Cannes Film Festival, is a cynical and disturbing metaphor, which can sometimes seem caricatured and simplistic, of what can lead brilliant, but easily influenced and vulnerable people to join a cult. Jessica Hausner effectively dismantles the mechanisms of this process of abandonment of free will. But his film, constructed as a cold, clinical and distant thriller – you’ll excuse the pun – leaves one wanting more,” explains our columnist Marc Cassivi.
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire : The monsters have failed us
“Despite the titanic size of its most famous characters, the cinematic value of the MonsterVerse — which brings together Legendary Pictures’ monster films and series — is not that great. Still, we could trust it. The four films preceding Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire are at least entertaining. This fifth part, however, is a total failure,” writes our journalist Pascal Leblanc.
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